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Design Collections by Finestre sull'Arte

Design Collections is the new space of Finestre sull'Arte dedicated to lovers of design and contemporary living. Insights dedicated to the forms and lines that have made the history of Italian style, but also many suggestions to discover how the world of design is evolving today. A space dedicated to home accessories, furniture, interior design and installations. Insights and articles edited always with the quality and rigor that distinguish the proposal of Finestre sull'Arte.

The archetypal chair: Philippe Starck's La Marie, the world's first transparent chair

ByS. F. | 05/06/2023


The La Marie chair, designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell, is one of the most important design objects to have appeared in recent years: the world's first completely transparent chair, it represents the archetypal chair, with its minimal, almost ethereal forms.

Iconoclastic, the designer ceramic that reworks cult objects and mythological figures

ByRedazione | 07/05/2023


In Veneto, a design studio founded the Iconoclastic project: a series of handmade and hand-painted designer ceramics that rework a cult object such as sneakers and mythological figures of muses.

Anna G, Alessandro Mendini's woman-shaped corkscrew, a symbol of playful design

ByS. F. | 04/05/2023


In 1994 Alessandro Mendini presented Anna G, the now classic corkscrew in the shape of a woman, which became a symbol of the playful design that took hold in that era.

Ascona hosts first Swiss retrospective dedicated to Nanda Vigo

ByRedazione | 02/05/2023


Nanda Vigo's first retrospective exhibition in Switzerland is on view at the Municipal Museum of Modern Art in Ascona until June 25, 2023. Through forty works, the exhibition aims to analyze the salient stages of the artist's entire creative journey.

In Gorizia, an exhibition recounts the myth of Italian style through fashion and design

ByRedazione | 27/04/2023


In Gorizia, Palazzo Attems Petzenstein is hosting until August 27, 2023 a major exhibition that aims to reread the myth of Italian Style in the light of fashion and design.

This is what the classrooms of the future will look like, according to MR Digital and Stefano Boeri

ByRedazione | 18/04/2023


An installation by MR Digital and Stefano Boeri, presented for Milan Design Week 2023, imagines what the classrooms of the future will look like: healthy, safe environments that will foster concentration, inclusion, technology and sharing.

Fantini Mosaics and Brera Academy together for an exhibition and competition on the art of mosaics

ByRedazione | 18/04/2023


Fantini Mosaics has promoted a creative competition for young talents, in collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. An exhibition with the selected and awarded works will be held from April 18 to 23 in the Magnolia Courtyard.

Design Week 2023, Pandolfini exhibits iconic furniture and objects of Italian and international design

ByRedazione | 18/04/2023


From April 20 to 23, in conjunction with Design Week 2023, Pandolfini presents Design Spotlight in Milan: a selection of furniture and objects by some of the names that have made history in Italian and international design.

Design in Milan, what to see: 10 places of design

ByAndrea Laratta | 18/04/2023


10 design places in Milan: here's what to see in an itinerary among must-see places.

Stefano Boeri's giant swing arrives at the Statale di Milano for Design Week

ByRedazione | 17/04/2023


From April 17 to 26, it will be possible to take a ride on SWING, the giant swing that Stefano Boeri designed for Milan Design Week. Just go to the Pharmacy Courtyard of the State University.

In Milan's Darsena, the floating platform by Michele De Lucchi and AMDL

ByRedazione | 17/04/2023


For Design Week it will be possible to walk on water in Milan: in fact, The Sea Deck, the floating platform by Michele De Lucchi and AMDL for Azimut Yachts, arrives in Darsena. You will only be able to get on it barefoot. And it is all made of recyclable material.

Milan Design Week 2023, what to see: 15 installations not to be missed

ByRedazione | 17/04/2023


Which installations to see in Milan for Design Week 2023: here are 15 not to be missed.

Milan, 20 gallery exhibitions opening during Design Week

ByRedazione | 16/04/2023


Galleries opening exhibitions during Design Week in Milan: here are 20 events to mark in your diary.

Getting to know Bergamo and Brescia through Design and their Compasso d'Oro: an exhibition

ByRedazione | 17/03/2023


It is titled "Thinking Factories" the project that, with an exhibition from March 24 to June 4, 2023 and a series of meetings, will introduce Bergamo and Brescia through Design and their Compasso d'Oro awards, all on display at the Sala delle Capriate in the heart of Bergamo's Città Alta.

The Cifra 5 electromechanical clock: the Solari revolution

ByS. F. | 16/03/2023


In the mid-1950s, the Solari company in Udine involved designer Gino Valle to design a revolutionary electromechanical watch: the Cifra 5.

The Tolomeo Lamp, the innovative spring lamp by Michele De Lucchi

ByS. F. | 10/03/2023


Designed in 1987, the Tolomeo lamp, produced by Artemide, is one of the most successful design lamps, and this is thanks to the innovations introduced in this product by designer Michele De Lucchi and designer Giancarlo Fassina.

Milan, the essence of Danish design in the exhibition This is Denmark

ByRedazione | 08/03/2023


From April 17 to 23, 2023, during the Milan Fuorisalone, in the context of Alcova, the exhibition "This is Denmark. A design playlist" will showcase the essence of Danish design. The immersive installation offers a journey of discovery of Denmark through the projects of the 15 participating companies.

The world of metal in the works of Alessandro Mendini on display in Milan at M77 Gallery

ByRedazione | 08/03/2023


From April 4 to May 2023, "The Age of Metals," an exhibition dedicated to the story of artist, poet, planner and designer Alessandro Mendini, opens to the public at M77 Gallery.

The 14th edition of Brera Design Week: 240 events on contemporary challenges

ByRedazione | 02/03/2023


Brera Design Week 2023, the widespread event in Italy's most important design promotion district now in its 14th edition, is scheduled from April 17 to 23. On the calendar 240 events to reflect on the challenges of contemporaneity.

The total project. A brief history of the dialogue between art and design

ByVittoria Coen | 24/02/2023


Only in Italy is there the moralistic idea that there is an art with a capital "a" and a type of cultural expression, design, that has as its goal only large-scale industrial production. In reality, the relationship between art and design has very deep historical roots.

The Sacco Armchair, the most revolutionary seat ever

ByS. F. | 23/02/2023


The Sacco Armchair, born in 1968 from the inspiration of three young designers, is the most revolutionary seat ever, a symbol of Italian design that aspired to freedom and lightness.

Carlton by Ettore Sottsass, the bookcase that introduced a sense innovation in design

ByS. F. | 14/02/2023


Designed in 1981, Ettore Sottsass's Carlton is one of the most famous creations of the Memphis Group, the postmodernist design movement that innovated the way objects are made.

Longchamp and Fatboy collaborate to make a whimsical inflatable pouf: Glamping O

ByRedazione | 14/02/2023


Unprecedented collaboration between well-known fashion house Longchamp and Dutch design brand Fatboy, who together are making an inflatable, eco-responsible pouf: it's called Glamping O and is already available.

Courmayeur Design Week-end 2023: design at high altitude is back

ByRedazione | 05/02/2023


February 9-12 Courmayeur Design Week is scheduled, featuring installations signed by leading national architectural firms, talks, installations, photos and events in the center and at the summit of Mont Blanc.

Olivetti's Lettera 22, a machine that revolutionized writing

ByS. F. | 03/02/2023


The first portable typewriter. Olivetti's Lettera 22 was a machine that revolutionized writing. As well as being an inimitable design object.

Ironic and transversal: Bourgie by Ferruccio Laviani, the baroque lamp by Kartell

ByS. F. | 30/01/2023


One of the best-known lamps of the 21st century, Ferruccio Laviani's Bourgie immediately established itself as one of the most interesting design objects of the new millennium because of its baroque forms and irony.

That strange squid-shaped juicer: Juicy Salif by Philippe Starck

ByS. F. | 27/01/2023


Philippe Starck's Juicy Salif is certainly the most bizarre juicer in history. Often pointed to as an example of nonfunctional design, it has nevertheless been a great success. Here's why.

Triennale Milano pays tribute to architect and designer Angelo Mangiarotti. With the participation of Renzo Piano

ByRedazione | 26/01/2023


Triennale Milano pays tribute to Milanese architect and designer Angelo Mangiarotti with a retrospective from January 27 to April 23, 2023. The exhibition design features the participation of Renzo Piano.

At MUST in Vimercate, an exhibition investigates the complex figure of Bruno Munari

ByRedazione | 26/01/2023


From January 28 to April 30, MUST in Vimercate is dedicating an exhibition to the figure of Bruno Munari, a great artist and designer: it is titled "Munari, Art to the Future."

Lights in Bergamo: Objects of Common Interest designers' installation unveiled

ByRedazione | 24/01/2023


Greek-American design duo Objects of Common Interest created an installation for Piazza della Libertà in Bergamo: it is called "Lights on" and was unveiled at the opening of the events of the Italian Capital of Culture 2023.

Triennale Milano opens an exhibition on Ettore Sottsass and the use of words in his works

ByRedazione | 20/01/2023


Triennale Milano is dedicating an exhibition to Ettore Sottsass from January 20 to April 2, 2023, focusing on the use of words in the production of the great architect and designer.

Gae Aulenti's Pipistrello lamp: much more than a table lamp

ByS. F. | 20/01/2023


An object-symbol of 1960s design, Gae Aulenti's Pipistrello lamp is much more than a device for emitting light: for the great designer, it is a form that must dialogue with space.

The Bialetti Moka: the ultimate romantic design object

ByS. F. | 16/01/2023


The Moka Bialetti was one of the most innovative products of Italian design: not only an invention that revolutionized the way coffee was prepared, but also an icon of Italian-made products. And today it is the coffee maker of the latest romantics.

From Capucci to Giò Ponti, an exhibition in Gorizia on fashion and design in the 1950s

ByRedazione | 13/01/2023


The 1950s as a period of economic and cultural rebirth: in Gorizia, from March 21 to August 27, the exhibition "Italia Cinquanta. Fashion and Design. Birth of a Style" traces the period when Italian Style and Made in Italy were born, from Roberto Capucci to Giò Ponti.

The Arco lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni: history of a design icon.

ByS. F. | 11/01/2023


Perhaps the most famous lamp in history, Arco, designed in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, has become a design icon over the years and has been considered a work of art. Here's why, and the reasons for its popularity.

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Finestre sull'Arte - testata giornalistica registrata presso il Tribunale di Massa, aut. n. 5 del 12/06/2017. Societá editrice Danae Project srl. Privacy